6.5% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flinders · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Flinders
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A slight dip in the number of car-free homes is the main change for Flinders since 2011. The area relies heavily on private transport, though about 21.2% of workers now do their jobs from home. This shift reflects a region where public transit is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 30.7% owning two and 11.8% having four or more. Around 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Flinders splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 21.2%, which is well above the Queensland figure. This is a key trend as 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a result that is well below the national average.
21.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area, which is far below the state average. This lack of infrastructure means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, making it much lower than most other areas.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33200/flinders/topic/transport